Pentax has released the Optio E70 digital compact camera. This 10 megapixel camera features a simple to use interface with large buttons. Continuing the simplicity theme, it also includes Pentax’s ‘Green’ shooting mode, where the camera tales control of all the key shooting settings. Although the camera promises simplicity, it is packed with features such [...]

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The P70 joins the wide-angle club as it sports a 4X optical zoom lens (27.5-110mm eq) and has a 12-megapixel sensor and a 2.7″ LCD. It also has some popular consumer features:
+ slim body
+ face detection (up to 32 faces in 30 milliseconds)
+ blink and smile feature
+ no real IS (”digital shake reduction”)
+ starting price [...]

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The gear with white color looks clean and elegant, but should have more attention to it.
White as snow easy to get dirty, so if you have Pentax K2000 special edition, remember wash your hand before touch it.
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The Pentax K200D, which hoped to capture the entry-level DSLR market, has been discontinued in Japan. No official reasons have been cited by the company however many see the release of the new Pentax K2000 as the main reason.
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Got help from google translate, even not all understand, i had followed photographybay’s post about the next Pentax which they found at Chinese forum - DCHome.net.
The next Pentax K30D has :
* CMOS APS-H (1.3x crop) sensor (not APS-C - 1.6x)
* 14megapixels
* improved AF speed
* better ISO control
* 3.5fps at 14mp
* 6.5fps at 6mp
* new [...]

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